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            The saga of Mission Road continues. In mid-summer there were no plans to fix the deteriorated state-owned section of asphalt at all, but by early fall, bids had gone out to repave it. But then, soaring costs of asphalt derailed those plans.

--          (Mission 1                  19 sec              "My understanding is ... to finish the project.")

            Jocelyn Balloon, the Kodiak area planner for the Alaska Department of Transportation, says high costs had slowed the project:

--          (Mission 2                  43 sec              "There was some money ... already out of date.")

            Eric Desentis (DEE cent-izz) is a project manger with the DOT's construction section. He says intent to award the contract to Brechan Enterprises was announced, and an actual bid should be forthcoming:

--          (Mission 3                  32 sec              "The pavement's in pretty ... situation for the winter.")

            Desentis says the pot-holed asphalt could be ground up and the state portion of Mission could be turned into a gravel road for the winter. Once the award is granted and planning meetings are held with Brechan, he suspect work could be underway in as little as two weeks.

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